chrisbell-nottheweatherman

Lovely. No wonder I'd prefer a Euro high!

Thanks.

Thirded.

Sorry Malcolm, just thought your input was more suited to the more considered and nuanced in-depth discussion. Forget I mentioned it!

Sorry - don't know why I mentioned anomalies. I was thiking of some of your other posts. I think your regular 0z updates get lost given the amount of rubbish in that thread at this time of year.

What do you think to posting your morning anomaly update in the In Depth thread? Perhaps discuss in PM?

I see your argument; perhaps we can say that anything showing 850s of more than 5C is likely to be in a smaller cluster?

We did have an in-depth thread, but it doesn't seem to be used.

I know even less! I was just going by Tamara's post a few days ago and the long-range models which are going for unsettled zonal conditions to dominate fro mid-December through until late February.

It'll be gone again by the evening. Never think that serious cold and snow is likely until all three main models agree well within T+144, preferably not until T+72 hours.

Fits with the expected La Nina pattern, Malcolm?

Ironically, 2010 is now vastly unlikely to happen again.

Isn't that based on yesterday's outputs (which now appear to be wide of the mark), though?

Glad you realise it. I think this place would be much nicer if more members got the idea.

That even makes this mild-lover feel sad!

Not if you either learn to appreciate mild, or at least expect it.

La Nina effects as predicted by Tamara, I wonder?

They simply don't get enough practice to be accurate.

Nowhere in East Anglia is anything like that high. Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex have nowhere above 60 metres ASL.

Thanks. I can usually manage ordinary snow in my existing wheelchair without too many problems - the off road one would help if the modern w i n t e r hypothesis is incorrect and we ever see more than a couple or three inches of snow lying again. Interested to hear that you're in the airline industry - I can never understand why UK airports seem caught-out by snow and frozen runways. I agree that today's conditions are optimal.

I used to be a moderate cold fan. As a wheelchair user, severe weather can be awkward, though we're modifying an electric wheelchair at the moment for off-road use, so it would be less of a problem, hence I was never an extreme cold fan. I realised last year that wanting cold and snowy conditions was unreasonable given the likely effect on an NHS that's already on the verge of collapse, and such weather causes so much misery for so many people that I decided to try to enjoy mild winter weather. It isn't easy - I find more than around 10-12 days without any sun at all very depressing, and, of course, rainfall as we had a few years ago also causes damage and misery. I therefore haven't taken to wanting three months of continual Atlantic storms, hence why I said that, once our groundwater supplies and reservoirs are back to a reasonable level, I'd be happy with a Bartlett set-up. There are times when I feel myself wanting snow, but, when that happens, I try to discipline myself and re-set my preferences.

Quick answer: no.

Fair point.

Indeed - merely a touch chilly.